This will prepare the selected disk for use as a BOOTABLE one,
with one or two FAT32 partitions, containing a PUPPY Linux based
desktop that is a fully functional Linux, including networking,
web-browser, email, and even word-processing.
Most important though, it has the DFSee application installed and
integrated into the desktop, with icons for:
- Start DFSee in a small window (100x40 characters)
- Start DFSee in a large window (170x65 characters)
- Update the installed DFSee, using an Internet connection
- Web-browser link to the DFSee homepage
- The 'Documentation' directory, with PDF and TXT help files
- The 'Home' directory, which is the root of the USB stick,
and the preferred place to store images and logfiles.
The files stored in the 'home' directory (path: '/mnt/home')
are easily available after shutting down the system, since they
are in the root (or subdirectory like /dfsee) of the stick, and
can be read on any computer compatible with FAT32
Unlike the older 'DFSUSB32' stick, NOTHING needs to be copied
to the stick after creating it from the menu, everything is in
the supplied imagefile 'dfspuppy.imz'
Better yet, if the DFSee version creating the stick is registred,
that registration will carry over to the stick as well.
NOTE: Due to the size of the dfspuppy image (over 250Mb) it
is NOT INCLUDED in the standard DFSee distributions! You need to download the file manually from:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfspuppy.imz
After downloading, copy it to the directory where the
DFSee executable resides (installation dependent).
Until that imagefile is present, the script will exit with
a message indicating you need to get the iage first
This menu item uses the 'dfspuppy.dfs' script to do the actual work.
It can work with sticks/disks from 1Gb to hundreds of gigabytes,
but USB sticks from 1 to 32Gb in size usually work best.
On disk sizes above 32Gb, a second FAT32 data partition is created.
For additional information, see the 'dfspuppy.txt' documentation file.
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This will prepare the selected disk for use as a BOOTABLE one,
with one or two FAT32 partitions, and a Linux based multiple-ISO
bootmenu with selections to boot the DFSee FreeDOS CD-ISO or a
PartedMagic based Linux one.
The ISO's are NOT installed in this step, and need to be copied
seperately after preparing the disk, and after eject/reinsert:
To use the stick to boot FreeDOS and use the DOS based DFSDOS.EXE:
- Copy the DFSee ISO file to the root of the stick as 'dfseedos.iso'
To use the stick to boot Linux and use the 'dfsee' linux executable:
- Copy the PartEdMagic ISO file to the root as 'pmagic-4.10.iso'
AND
- Copy all the regular DFSee linux files to '\dfsee\linux' to make
DFSee startable from the PartEdMagic Linux 'My Documents' folder
Its main use is to create bootable USB-sticks that can run DFSee.
It can be applied to external USB disks as well, making them very
well suited to backup and restore purposes using compressed images.
This menu item uses the 'dfsusb32.dfs' script to do the actual work.
It can work with sticks/disks from 128Mb to hundreds of gigabytes,
but USB sticks from 1 to 32Gb in size usually work best.
On disk sizes above 32Gb, a second FAT32 data partition is created.
For additional information, see the 'dfsusb32.txt' documentation file.
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This prepares the selected disk or USB stick for use as data disk.
There will be a single primary FAT32 partition, including LVM info.
This should make the resulting disk/stick compatible with most
operating systems including Windows and OS/2 (or eComStation).
Its main use is to create USB-sticks for data exchange.
It can be applied to larger external USB disks as well.
You WILL get a warning if the disk is larger than 64Gb,
but this can safely be ignored when it is your intention
to use a larger disk as a single FAT32 data storage.
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This prepares the selected disk or USB stick for use as data disk.
There will be a single primary FAT16 partition, including LVM info.
This should make the resulting disk/stick compatible with most
operating systems including Windows and OS/2 (or eComStation).
Its main use is to create USB-sticks up to 2Gb for data exchange.
For disks larger than 2Gb you need to use the FAT32 variant.
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Partition a USB-stick with type 0x35 for a JFS partition (excluding FORMAT!)

This prepares the selected disk or USB stick for use as data disk.
There will be a single primary JFS type 0x35 partition, including
LVM DLAT and signature information areas suitable to be used with
the classical (non bootable) JFS filesystem used with OS/2 version
4.50 and up, including all eComStation versions.
This should make the resulting disk/stick compatible with OS/2
starting from version 4.50, and all eComStation versions.
The resulting partition will NOT be formatted by DFSee, after the
script completes you need to EJECT the removable disk, re-insert it
and then use the operating systems FORMAT command, for example:
format /fs:JFS on OS/2 or eComStation
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This will perform a check on all supported partitions by running
the corresponding DOxxxx.DFS script on it, and creating extensive
information about the specified partition(s) in a logfile.
This is often referred to as the 'DFSCHECK procedure'
The action will result in one file for every partition:
DFSCxxxx.Pnn verbose analysis information and logfile
where the 'xxxx' is the filesystem-name like 'FAT' and
'nn' is the DFSee partition-ID for the partition
The most important data-structures for the partition will be shown,
with the bootsector as a bare minimum.
Most filesystem specific scripts will display:
- some superblock or meta-information
- location and some contents of the ROOT directory
- a display of allocation information (ALLOC)
- an allocation-integrity report (CHECK)
- a layout for the start of the partition (SLT)
You can choose to run it on a single, or on ALL partitions.
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Selection of this item leads to a dynamic created submenu, to select a partition to be used , including 'ALL partitions'

The resulting files from this may be REQUIRED for DFSee email support!
This will make backups of all important partitioning information,
including deleted/damaged ones, and create extensive information
about the specified disk(s) and partitions in a logfile.
This is often referred to as the 'DFSDISK procedure'
From the menu you can select a specific disk, or all of them.
The action will result in SIX files for every physical disk:
DFSDISK?.SKx verbose analysis information and logfile
DFSDISK?.PDx saved partitioning information (PSAVE)
DFSDISK?.SNx list of sectornumbers for found sectors
DFSDISK?.BNx binary file with related sector-data
DFSDISK?.IMx compressed imagefile, with start of disk
DFSDISK?.MBx RAW image with the MBR sector for the disk
where the 'x' is the disk-number for the physical disk
and '?' is a letter based on the DFSee version.
d = DOS, o = OS/2, w = Windows, l = Linux
Note: A different basefilename from DFSDISK? can be specified in
the DFSDISK dialog, together with several other parameters.
The whole disk will be searched for any partition-table sectors
(MBR/EBR), bootsectors or LVM-information sectors. This will find
almost all deleted partitions, or missing ones after the partition
tables have been damaged.
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